Hypnosis

Hypnotic Suggestibility

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Hypnotic Suggestibility

  • Evaluation
  • Initial Maneuvers
  • Evaluation
  • Suggestibility Testing
  1. Raise Hands
    1. Coming together as if drawn by a magnet, Rubber band
  2. Deeply asleep and dream for one minute
  3. Going back in time
    1. Return to childhood (third or fourth grade)
    2. Progress step by step forward over time until present
  4. Limit memory
    1. Initially can not remember what happened in Hypnosis
    2. Examiner says "Now you can remember"
    3. Patient able to then remember
  5. Suggested Actions
    1. Examiner suggests scratching ankle under induction
      1. Examiner taps 3 times on the table
      2. Patient comes out of trance and scratches ankle
    2. Examiner suggests writing down Hypnosis experience
      1. Examiner says "Now you can remember"
      2. Patient comes out of trance and writes experience